This series is like.. Taking over my life right now… I'm constantly thinking of things, but most of them are turning out to be oneshots.. And who knows.. This one might turn into that too lol XD We'll seeeee~
Logan felt completely terrible today, and the day before, and frankly everyday for a week or so now. He had lost count after week two, and figured that whatever it was, had to be finishing running it's course by now. From what he was guessing, it was a flu bug, or something similar, he had most of the symptoms. He had thrown up on multiple occasions this week, food had no appeal, and his stomach was killing him. He felt like his stomach was at war with the rest of his body, and it was using a 12 foot samurai sword to do it. He also knew that because of this, he should have been resting, or at least not working his butt off trying to learn dance moves, finish music videos, and recording songs almost everyday it seemed.
See coming up soon, Griffin thought it would be great for them to do a live concert, from the top of a building. Apparently any band who was anyone had done it, and whether or not Logan had a fear of heights was definitely not the issue. No, it would make them soar to the top of the charts, their popularity would be through the roof, and if Logan was lucky, he wouldn't throw up on any fans below. Which is where Logan found himself this morning, staring into the mirror in his shared bathroom with Kendall trying to keep himself from looking like a half dead zombie that's been twice buried. His stomach was killing him today, and since waking up was finding himself practically doubled over, just to keep the pain slightly at bay. So after finishing in the bathroom, he stood as straight as he could without screaming from the pain in his stomach, and put on a happy face, to be greeted with a not happy faced Kendall.
"Dude, you've looked terrible the past week or so," Kendall began. Thankfully for Logan he didn't really start showing his discomfort until a week into being sick. As Kendall walked over to him, he dreaded Kendall's next move, which he knew was coming. As Kendall placed his arm across Logan's shoulders, seemingly friendly enough, but Logan and Kendall both know it was from keeping Logan from backing away, or moving away, he put his hand to his friends forehead. "Logie, you are burning up, and that's it, I'm calling Gustavo we can't do this today…"
"We have to! It's already all set up, look I'm fine, totally fine," Logan tried not to wince as he stood straighter, and started walking towards the door. If Logan had been someone else, he could swear that they weren't in an apartment and were actually on a boat with the way his vision was swaying, and the way his feet seemed to slip from under him. He could feel himself give a little trip backwards, only to fall into the almost waiting arms of Kendall.
"Logan, you can't even stand right, and you expect to be able to dance around on a fourth story buildings rooftop? Aren't you supposed to be the smart one?" Kendall tried to jest, but it wasn't really all that funny to either of them, as Kendall could practically feel the heat radiating off of Logan's body, and it was enough to almost make him want to sweat, even in the air conditioned apartment. "Look, I'll just call Gustavo, and we'll just set it up for another day. It'll be no big deal." Logan knew Kendall was lying, it would be a huge deal, it could mean life or death of their career in the music business, and Logan wasn't about to be the one to ruin it.
"Look, Kendall, I'll be fine, I promise," Logan pulled himself away from Kendall, steadying himself on his own two feet before turning to look at Kendall with probably the fakest smile he'd ever pulled. "We need this for the band, and I promise if I feel like I can't handle it, I'll tell you." Kendall eyed him suspiciously, before nodding, and pulling the other into a hug, before they both left the room, to a waiting James and Carlos.
"Where have you guys been? We're gonna be late!" Carlos panicked, ready to bolt for the door, until he took a look towards Logan. "You look terrible!" He yelled as he all but ran up to Logan staring at his face as if he would get all the answers just from standing a few inches from his face.
"Logan's sick, and stubborn," Kendall added, giving a look over to Logan who just smiled a bit and shrugged, which did nothing for the pain in his stomach, that only seemed to be getting worse. "So we're gonna have to keep an eye on him today." James and Carlos nodded, letting Logan walk ahead, as they all exchanged worried glances with each other behind him on their way to the car. Logan couldn't help but fidget in his seat, as first off, he was sick, secondly, he hated heights, and that was exactly where they were going. To stand near the edge of a tall building, looking down at fans and the like down below. It was bad enough he had to be up there, but did they have to make him look down? Apparently, they did, and Griffin wouldn't allow him to just look forward, as then the fans wouldn't feel a connection with him, and that could damage the band, and well if that happened, back to Minnesota they would go.
The car ride wasn't long, but seemed to be dragging out for Logan, as everyone was keeping a steady on him, and Kendall hadn't moved his arm from around his shoulders the whole time, and didn't seem like he was going to all day for that matter. Kendall had seen his friends sick before, but this was something worse. First off, he had noticed Logan being sick as soon as it started, it was hard not to wake up when you heard your best friend retching, even as quiet as he tried to be. He also noticed the way Logan would hold his stomach and lean against walls when he thought no one was looking. Whatever it was that was making Logan sick, was really taking it's toll on him, but Logan was pushing through it for all of them. Now he was sick, and facing his biggest fear, and Kendall could just feel in the pit of the stomach, that today was going to be terrible.
"Dogs! You are late!" Gustavo all but barked at them as they filed out of the car and into the building, heading up the elevator. While Carlos argued that they weren't late, by that much, with Gustavo arguing right back at him, Kendall and James looked back towards Logan, who was wobbling a bit on his own feet, and looked positively green. Kendall could tell they were gonna need a bathroom as soon as they got out of the elevator, as he could feel Logan's small hiccups from where his arm was around his shoulder.
"Gustavo! I really have to pee, where's the bathroom here?" Gustavo gave him a funny look, about to say something about him holding it, but when he looked over to look at Kendall, he instantly saw the green boy he was holding onto. Now Gustavo knew of Logan's fear of heights, and he may push them, but even he was against this idea, but it wasn't his call. He knew if he dared argue with Griffin, all of them would be out on their butts.
"Down the hall to the left, but hurry!" He yelled, trying to keep up his bravado, as he watched as Kendall and Logan all but run from the elevators as they dinged open. James and Carlos followed right after, leaving Gustavo looking down the hall at them, giving a sigh as he head up to the roof to get things finished.
Kendall patted Logan's back as his whole body convulsed and shook. James threw him one of his bandana's seeing as there were no washcloths in the public restroom here, and Kendall couldn't thank him enough for sparing one of his precious headbands. He knew he'd have to buy him a new one as soon as this was over.
"Maybe we should tell Gustavo we can't do it," James began, but stopped when even through his retching Logan turned a hand back and waved at him. A clear sign that he was against that plan.
"I tried that this morning, he won't let us, he says he's fine." Kendall grumbled as he reached his hand up to pull the flush handle, as Logan sat back heavily against the stall door.
"That looks anything but fine, dude," Carlos commented, as him and James came to lean near the stall door. Logan took a big breath and shook his head, trying to stand only to nearly fall back down, thankfully for all of his friends, as they all helped him steady himself, until he could walk over to the sink to rinse his mouth out. He really wished he had his toothbrush, or a mint. His prayers were somewhat answered when James handed him his breath spray, which at least made his breath smell better, but only made his mouth taste like vomit and mint.
"Thanks," Logan breathed out, as he took a few heavy breaths, steeling himself for the concert. "I'll be fine guys, don't worry." Logan smiled at his three friends, but could tell none of them were comforted by the motion. "Well, lets not keep our fans waiting…" he began as he headed for the door. Kendall grabbed his wrist before he got far, pulling him into a tight hug, resting his head on top of his head. Logan would have felt his blush, if his body temperature wasn't as high as it could possibly get already.
"We'll stop the instant you want us to. If you get worse, please, don't hesitate to tell us. To hell with all of this if it means your health Logie…" Kendall said, as he pulled him back a little to look down into his face. Green eyes met brown, and Logan wondered if he was going to pass out the way his heart was hammering away in his chest. He looked back behind him towards James and Carlos, to see them nodding as well, and let his shoulders sink a bit.
"I promise, if it gets to where I can't handle it, I'll let you guys know." He lied through his teeth and he knew it. It was already so bad he couldn't handle it, but he wasn't about to let his friends know that. So staring at his shoes, he started walking out of the bathroom. Kendall had his arm around his waist, and had Logan not known it was to keep him steady while he walked, he would have wondered where exactly him and Kendall stood on the friendship level. He had always known him and Kendall were close, and he had known that whenever his hand would brush along Kendall's his whole body would ignite. It seemed that the two of them were always touching each other in some way, and it all felt so natural, that Logan had never really gave it serious thought. Although on occasion, he had caught himself wondering during some of those close face encounters, what Kendall's lips would feel like against his own. Though he would always just curse himself, wondering why he'd want to ruin a perfectly good friendship like that. Though this thought didn't stop him from leaning into Kendall's side as they walked.
"Did Kendall tell him?" Carlos whispered to James, only to have James shush him quite vehemently. Carlos put his hands up in defense. "I was just asking, I mean they look pretty close right now…" Carlos motioned to the two boys in front of him, and then looked back towards James.
"He hasn't said anything, like he told us, he probably would never say anything for fear of freaking Logan out." James sighed sadly looking forward, and remembering when Kendall had come to him and Carlos utterly wrecked mentally, having to tell someone about his secret love. Ever since both James and Carlos had watched the two carefully, trying to pick up signals from Logan that maybe he felt the same way about Kendall, but being as Kendall had only confided in them a few weeks ago, it was hard to tell, because all they could get from Logan was that he was sick, very sick.
"Ahh good, here they are, your adoring fans await you, knock them dead boys." Griffin smiled as he looked down at the screaming fans, and then slapped Kendall on the back as he left the building. Obviously he had more important things to do, and could really care less that Logan looked like death walking.
"Kendall, is Logan going to be able to pull this off," Gustavo whispered as he watched the other three boys going to stand in front of their respective microphones. Kendall shook his head, and looked over to where Logan was trying so hard not to peer over the edge of the building.
"Get ready to pull it at the drop of a hat Gustavo, I doubt we'll make it through one song…" Kendall whispered back as he took his spot next to Logan, giving a peek down at the people below. Though Kendall was surprised when they not only made it through one song but three! Logan was a great actor, and was even getting his dance moves down, all though from close up they could tell he was a bit sluggish about them, but from down below, he imagined they all look top notch.
It was going well, until during their last song, 'Big Time Rush' Logan suddenly stopped singing all together, and they all watched as Logan grabbed onto his stomach, and his eyes rolled back into his head, as he literally took a nose dive to the edge of the building. It seemed like slow motion as Kendall reached his arms out wrapping them around Logan's torso as he pulled him back just before Logan took a spill to the concrete below, and literally pulled them both onto their butts back onto the building. Logan was out cold, well, not cold, as his skin was literally burning up. They were all sweaty by this point, doing their dance and singing, but Logan was drenched, more so then anyone, and his face was deathly pale. The crowd down below were cheering, obviously thinking the dive was part of the routine, and Kendall couldn't help but be a little angry. He wondered if they still would have been cheering if Logan had tumbled face first off the building to land with a sickening… Kendall shook his head. He had Logan in his arms, and he didn't want to think about if he hadn't caught Logan when he had. James and Carlos had stopped singing the second they saw Logan take a dive, and were at Kendall's side in a second as they watched, Kendall put his hand against Logan's forehead, and attempt to wake Logan up. Nothing seemed to working and Logan was out, and it seemed no matter what Kendall was trying, Logan didn't even flinch!
"Gustavo! Call an ambulance!" Kendall yelled as he grabbed Logan, carrying him bridal style towards the stairs. James and Carlos followed right behind, clearing a path, and opening doors. Carlos ran ahead to catch the elevator and hold it for them, while James stayed behind willing to help Kendall if he needed it.
"I knew this was a bad idea! We should have just canceled, Logan could have just died!" Kendall growled at himself as he looked down at the passed out boy in his arms. Logan's face was damp, and paler than a ghost.
"It's not your fault alone dude, none of us stopped him. We believed he was gonna be fine…" James began, his hand shaking a bit as he rested it on Kendall's shoulder for comfort. He tried to play it cool, knowing that while Kendall was usually the calm one, when it came to Logan, he was a ball of worry right now.
"None of us believed he was actually fine! We just…" Kendall sighed, and looked over sadly at James, at a loss for words. James just gave his shoulder a little squeeze before opening to door to the top floor of the building, watching as Carlos stood spread eagle in the elevator doors, keeping it open. As they all piled in, they all stared down at their friend in the arms of Kendall. He was still sweating, and was still hot to the touch, if not getting hotter. As the elevator lurched to a stop on the bottom floor, they could already hear the sirens of the ambulance, and as the doors opened two men rushed up to them with a stretcher. None to gently taking Logan from Kendall's arms and placing him on the stretcher to be wheeled away. They boys went to follow but we're stopped before any of them could step foot into the ambulance.
"Sorry, family only, he'll be at the USC University Hospital, you can come there." And with that the ambulance doors were shut and they watched as it sped away. By this point the fans had all but stopped cheering and were all murmuring amongst themselves, some girls even crying as they watched Logan be transported away in a ambulance. As Gustavo stepped out of the building he went right past the boys to his limo and yelled for the boys to get in, all of them piling in followed by Kelly.
Kendall sat in the seat wringing his hands, going from beating himself up about not just making Logan stay in bed, to worrying and running his fingers through his hair. No attempts to calm him from anyone was working, especially since James and Carlos were in nearly the same boat, wondering what would happen once they got to the hospital. They all knew that since none of them were technically family, they wouldn't get to know anything until it was approved with Logan's mother, and being the middle of the day, they wondered if they could even get through to her at work. Once the limo had come to a stop for good, Kendall was the first to burst from the car doors and run into the hospital up to the front desk, after being yelled at by quite a few nurses to 'please not run in a hospital!' Of course he ignored them all, as did James and Carlos. The nurse tried to smile politely at them as she looked over at the three boys now crowding into her receptionist window.
"How may I help you?" She looked behind the boys as she saw a larger man, and more petite woman come up from behind them. Happy to see at least that these weren't a couple of pranksters.
"Logan Mitchell please," Kendall said as calmly as he could, though he was panting, and his heart was about to burst from his chest. He tapped his fingers impatiently and nervously as the nurse behind the counter seemed to take her time looking through her computer to find out just what happened to the boy in question. She looked up questioningly at them for a moment before looking back towards the computer.
"Are you Kendall Knight?" Kendall nodded, and then pointed to each person as they said their names. "This is James Diamond, and Carlos Garcia." The woman nodded and typed something into the computer, and Kendall could almost swear she was going to fast just to annoy him. "It seems your friend has been moved to surgery," she began reading from the computer, before looking back to the three boys. "You'll have to go up to the surgery waiting room where they will instruct you further. It's down this hallway," She said as she pointed over to her left. "Go up the elevator to the second floor, that will be the room you're looking for. Check in there with the receptionist." She had barely finished her sentence before Kendall, James, and Carlos were off like a shot towards the elevator. Gustavo and Kelly behind them, all though at a slower pace, as Gustavo just wasn't used to all this running and activity. Kendall barely heard Gustavo yell to them to go ahead, and he'd follow later, as he pressed the second floor button.
"Dude, try and calm down, Logan's gonna be fine, breath." James said as he grabbed onto Kendall's shoulder. Carlos backed him up, saying things about if it was something really serious Logan with all his medical knowledge would have told them before hand. Kendall was barely listening as the two tried to calm him, all he could hear was Logan's voice in his head, promising them he was fine. Why Kendall had actually listened to him, he was still beating himself up over. The only thing that brought him out of his stupor was the small ping of the elevator, as it opened to the second floor. He walked quickly over to the receptionist desk, and practically out of breath at this point asked for Logan.
"Name please," the receptionist asked as she began typing onto her own computer. Kendall gave her a confused look and repeated what he had just asked.
"Logan, Logan Mitchell." Leaning over a bit as he tried to see the computer. Only to have the receptionist turn the computer a bit away from his eyes.
"No dear, you're name." She said looking none to amused with his attempt to peek at her computer.
"Kendall Knight, Logan Diamond, Carlos Garcia." He said once again pointing to each boy, except he hadn't realized they were standing on opposite sides of him than last time. And though James and Carlos got a small smile out of it, Kendall wasn't in the smiling mood until he knew Logan was going to be ok.
"All right, take this," she started as they gave them something that looked somewhat like a taser, with a blinking red light on it. "When this vibrates bring it up here and we will take you to your friend. Until then have a seat, and the doctor will come out to see you when there is news." Kendall nodded, and thanked her as the three walked over to an empty area of the room. Kendall stared down at the buzzer in his hand, willing it to go off now, but knowing no such luck.
"Just relax Kendall, if it were too serious, we'd know by now." James said as he took a seat next to Kendall, Carlos taking a seat on the opposite side of Kendall.
"Yeah, I mean, they wouldn't have said that we'd be able to visit him if he were dead or something." James couldn't help but smack Carlos in the back of the head, as he glared at him for his poor choice of words. Carlos apologized profusely, trying to find a way around his words, as Kendall let a small smile pass his lips for the first time.
As Kendall started to calm down, he finally was aware of where he was, seeing as before he seemed to be on auto pilot. People were in other sections of the room, talking, joking, and some were even sleeping. It eased his mind a bit to see that no one seemed as worried as he did, and that no one was crying over the loss of anyone… yet. It was a hospital, and he knew even the easiest surgeries ran the risk of death, so it was only a matter of time until someone died right? The minutes ticked by slowly, and by the time fifteen minutes had gone by, Carlos was already flipping through the channels on the TV nearest them. It wasn't until Carlos nearly knocked Kendall over in his chair that Kendall actually looked up to the TV. There on TV, was a video from down below of Logan nearly toppling over the top of the building, only to be grabbed by himself and pulled back.
"Wow, their fast. I didn't even know there was a news crew at the concert today…" Carlos spoke as they watched in slow motion. Kendall could have shot himself as he watched the way Logan looked moments before falling. His face was red, he looked like he was in massive amounts of pain, and he just looked terrible. The news reporter went on to talk about that Logan had been rushed to a nearby hospital, and that no other word was being said about his condition. Of course after that they had to show all the fans reactions. Most said they thought it was part of the act, especially with how Kendall had caught him moments before he plummeted to the ground. Some people seemed non-challant, while others were nearly in tears, telling the reporter how much they loved Big Time Rush, and they would just 'totally die' if something happened to Logan. All though when the last girl said something about how she hoped her 'hubby' Logan would be ok, Kendall couldn't figure if he was more amused, or just annoyed. Apparently he went more with annoyed as James patted him on the back with a smile.
"Just a fan dude, don't worry." Kendall smiled at him and sat back in his chair, leaning his head against the wall. His mind raced with thoughts of Logan from the past few weeks, and how he should have stopped this all sooner. He should have stopped it weeks ago when he first noticed Logan being sick, as soon as he first woke up in the middle of the night to Logan's retchings he should have told them to postpone everything until Logan was better. As his thoughts raged war with his heart, he never even noticed he managed to doze off, until he was being awoken by James and Carlos poking and prodding at him. He was awake almost instantly.
"What? Is Logan all right, is he out of surgery, what was wrong with him, could they…" He was cut off by a laugh from above him, and looked up to see a man in green scrubs looking down at him and smiling.
"You must be Kendall Knight. My name is Dr. Chang I was your friends surgeon today." Kendall stood immediately, shaking the man's hand, looking at him expectantly for answers. "Had you noticed your friend experiencing any abdominal pain, perhaps a fever and vomiting." Kendall couldn't help but cringe and look to his shoes guiltily.
"Yeah, it started about a few weeks ago. He said he was ok, but…" Kendall trailed off, clenching his teeth together as he tried to keep himself calm.
"That would explain things. No need to worry though, you're friend is fine. The pain he was experiencing was appendicitis. We had to remove it, as by the time he was brought in it had burst." Kendall snapped his head up, and could hear Carlos behind him gasp.
"What? It exploded?" Carlos nearly screeched, until James shushed him a bit, reminding him about the other people sleeping in the room. Carlos apologized but didn't look any less surprised.
"I'm afraid so. Because of this, we're going to need to keep him here for a few days, as it is highly common for ones abdominal cage to be infected if the appendix is allowed to rupture inside the body. But he is out of surgery now. He's in post-op as we allow him to wake up a bit from the anesthesia. You'll be able to see him in about ten minutes or so." With that the doctor smiled, said goodbye, and left the room.
Kendall could finally breath easily as he sat back in his chair heavily. A large smile placed on his face, as it felt like half of the weight on his shoulders had been lifted. He was happy to hear his friend was fine, but still couldn't shake the feeling that he had been the one to cause this.
"I wonder if he's gonna have a huge cut in him from surgery…" Carlos wondered out loud, before being smacked in the back of the head by James again.
"Dude!" James groaned at him, though he couldn't help but laugh, and was happy to see Kendall join in to. Things seemed to be getting back to normal, and as conversation picked up, they barely noticed the time fly by, as soon their little taser like machine was vibrating in Kendall's hand, and the three all but jumped out of theirs chairs to head to the receptionists desk. There was a nurse standing behind the desk smiling at them as she took their buzzer.
"Hi boys, you're friend is out of surgery, he's still a little out of it from surgery, but it should be all right to go see him." She waved her hand for them to follow her as they headed down the hall. Kendall couldn't help but feel a little nervous, thinking of the last time he had seen Logan, he was deathly pale, sweating, and he wasn't really sure he wanted to see Logan like that again.
"Ok, just head down this hallway, and head into room 231A. He should be the only one in the room, so as long as he's the only one in the room, all three of you are allowed to enter." She waved goodbye, as she headed back down the same hallway she had just come from, as the boys headed over to the room she had instructed. They couldn't help but peer in the other rooms as they walked by, looking at the people all hooked up to monitors, some of them looking worse for wear, some sleeping, and others just sitting up watching TV, or just generally looking fed up with the whole situation.
"Excuse me, are you here to see Logan Mitchell," a nurse asked as they headed towards the room. They all nodded and she gave a little frown before speaking up again. "He hasn't been brought down from post-op yet, so you'll have to wait. We'll need to get him all set up before you guys can come visit all right? Head out the two double doors, and out there is the waiting room, we'll come get you when we have him situated." She seemed a little annoyed, and Kendall wondered how many times she had, had to say this same exact speech to other people.
This of course, made Kendall nervous yet again, and he wondered if maybe something had wrong. The nurse in the other waiting room had said he was fine, was ready to be seen, but now he wasn't even out of post op yet? Kendall couldn't help but worry, as he headed to the double doors, staring down at his feet. That is until James elbowed him in the side and pointed towards the two double doors they were about to leave through.
"Dude it's Logan! Logan! Hey!" Carlos yelled, as they watched their friends bed being wheeled in. Kendall couldn't breath as he watched Logan get wheeled by them. He wasn't awake, he was hooked up to monitors, and still had the tube down his throat from surgery. Carlos seemed a little upset when he wasn't responded to, but when he noticed Logan wasn't even awake he seemed to calm down… that is until a nurse decided to quickly usher the boys out, reminding Carlos that there were other people that may be sleeping in the area, and not to yell.
So once again they all three found themselves in a different waiting room, waiting until they could finally get to see and talk to their friend. As they walked into the much smaller waiting room, they could see that all of the chairs were taken, so James and Kendall decided to lean up against the wall, while Carlos decided to take a seat on the floor. Or at least he was planning on it, until when he went to kneel down to sit back, he kneeled right into something wet, and suddenly the knee of his pants was soaked with who knows what.
"Oh dude! What is this?" Carlos whined as he looked down to the stain on his pants. James couldn't help but laugh and told Kendall they'd be back after they dried off Carlos pants from the whatever substance was on them. Kendall smiled and waved them out, as he stayed still in his spot. The other people in the waiting room were chatting away, but he payed them no mind as he shoved his hands in his pockets, in hopes of keeping his nail biting habit at bay as he worried over what he had just seen. He had to admit that Logan's color was back, but to see your friend unresponsive, hooked up to monitors of all sorts, and with a tube jammed down his throat, you couldn't really help feeling at ease.
"How ya doin? We allowed to go in yet?" James asked as suddenly him and Carlos stood next to him, looking at him expectantly. Kendall merely shook his head, and smiled as James leaned back against the wall next to him with a groan, as Carlos whined, and decided to stand this time, rather than risk more substances on his pants.
"Logan Mitchell party?" All of them stood up straight as they saw the same nurse as before poke her head into the waiting room. They walked over to her as she walked them over to Logan's room, but stopped them before they all entered, turning back to look at them. "Don't stay too long ok? He's probably gonna be tired from the surgery, and don't be surprised if he seems a little out of it. We were having a hard time getting him awake from anesthesia." They all nodded, and she finally stepped aside to let the three boys in to see their friend. She followed behind them and began checking Logan's monitors as she attempted to wake him, as it appeared as he had fallen asleep again.
"Mr. Mitchell, your friends are here to see you." They all waited anxiously to see Logan open his eyes to greet them, but he never did. "Mr. Mitchell? Helloooo," The nurse said as she tapped him on the leg gently. Of course, Kendall began to panic, that is until finally Logan's brown eyes finally opened, yet seemed to stare right past all of them. "Good morning Mr. Mitchell how are you feeling? Your friends have come to visit you."
Kendall couldn't help but smile as Logan tilted his head looking very confused, looking from James, Carlos, and him, to the nurse. Of course Carlos was the one to break the silence of the room.
"He doesn't remember us! He has amnesia! Logan, we're your best friends, we're from Min.." He never got to finish as James smacked him once again with a laugh. The nurse let out a small chuckle as she finished checking over the monitors.
"He's fine boys, like I said, he's just going to be out of it for a little while." She said with a pat to Kendall's back as she finally left the room.
"Guys? Where am I?" Logan finally spoke up, his voice sounding a bit scratchy, no doubt from the tube that had been down his throat mere moments before. They all crowded around him, being mindful of his wires, as they all took a seat on the bed, looking over to him.
"You're in the hospital, you passed out during the concert and nearly toppled off the building! Luckily Kendall caught you, but you your appendix exploded dude!" Carlos relayed the story in short term to Logan making sure to add a bunch of hand gestures, that Logan seemed to have a hard time following. It took him a few seconds to comprehend what Carlos had just told him, before he looked over at Kendall.
"I fell?" Kendall simply nodded, and smiled at Logan as he ran a hand through Logan's messy hair.
"You really scared us, we didn't know what was wrong with you." Kendall said quietly as he stared into Logan's chocolate colored eyes.
"Sorry," Logan sighed as he looked down to his hands resting in his lap.
"Sorry? Sorry for what! We're the ones who should be sorry, we almost let you get yourself killed," James said before Kendall reminded him they were supposed to be quiet. James nodded but couldn't help but stare stupefied at their friend.
"Sorry I messed up our concert and worried you guys." Logan tried to smile at them, but it was one of the saddest smiles any of the boys had ever seen on him. Kendall couldn't help himself when he leaned forward hugging Logan awkwardly, not wanting to hurt him, especially after just getting out of surgery.
"We don't care about the concert, we just care about you! We could have lost you! I could forget all of this, just as long as you would have been ok." Kendall spoke into Logan's hair, holding him in as tight of a hug as he deemed safe. Logan's breath hitched in his throat as his heart hammered in his chest, actually feeling the blush that rose to his cheeks this time as he peered over his shoulder at Carlos and James who were smiling at him from over Kendall's shoulder.
"Thanks guys," Logan said with a small smile when Kendall finally released him from the hug. Before cringing and coughing a few times. "Can I get some water, or something?" He croaked out, as Carlos ran to find the nurse. Kendall continued to run his fingers through Logan's hair, which seemed to be soothing to Logan as his eyes seemed to be drooping and he seemed to be leaning into the hand.
"Hey Logan, the nurse said you can have some ice chips," Carlos said as he came back into the room holding a small styrofoam cup. Logan attempted to take the cup from Carlos, as his hand shook, and he looked almost pained just to lift his arm. He eventually gave up with an aggravated sigh, and James and Carlos gave each other knowing smirks.
"You're probably still weak from anes.. That loopy gas" Carlos began, before handing the cup over to Kendall. "I'm sure Kendall won't mind feeding ya some, right Kendall?" Carlos smiled as innocently as he could as Kendall gave him a glare, but Logan spoke up before Kendall could even answer, a blush spread over his cheeks.
"Oh no, it's ok Kendall. I can just wait until my anesthesia wears off." Logan said looking away from Kendall, the blush as red as ever.
"Hey it's ok Logan, what are friends for. Besides I don't doubt it'd feel pretty good on your throat." Kendall said, his own mouth seeming to go a bit dry. Just as he put some ice chips on the spoon Carlos had brought with him, both James and Carlos decided to stand up.
"Hey we're gonna go see what this place has for some food, we'll bring you back the tastiest thing we can find Logan!" Carlos smiled as he headed towards the door.
"Don't expect it to be that good though, it is hospital food," James laughed as he walked with Carlos out the door, giving Kendall a thumbs up before he left, causing Kendall's own face to flame up. As Logan parted his lips the smallest bit, Kendall couldn't help but let his mind wander again, to the softness of the boys lips, or the way his adams apple bobbed whenever he would swallow the water that resulted in the ice chips melting on his hot tongue. Kendall had to stop his mind from wandering too far as he thought just about how warm that tongue was, and wondering what it would feel like against…
"Thanks Kendall… for everything." Logan mused as he leaned his head back on his pillow, not quite having the strength to keep sitting up anymore, but still looking over at Kendall.
"We're friends, it's what we do. I'd do anything for you Logan…" Kendall mentally kicked himself the moment the words had left his mouth. And apparently Logan had noticed the slip up as well.
"Hey Kendall?" Logan began, looking positively petrified, and Kendall knew exactly what he was gonna ask, and with as scared as Logan looked, he knew he wasn't going to be able to tell him the truth. He was gonna have to break his own heart, just to keep Logan as a friend, but as long as it meant he got to be near Logan, he figured he could live with that. I mean, it would be worse to be without Logan, than to constantly to be near him, and wanting him, right? "Do you… Do you…" Logan thought of just what words to use, he knew exactly what he wanted to ask, but when he asked "Do you know what time it is?" He couldn't help but groan inwardly as to the coward he was being.
"It's umm, 7:56," Kendall says with a peek at his phone, as he lets out a breath he didn't know he was holding. Which meant visiting hours was almost over for the day, which meant if he was going to say something to Logan he better do it now. "Logan I…"
"Hey Logan we brought you back a fruit cup!" Carlos chimed as he came in the door, to see the compromising position his friends were in, and kind of cringing at his terrible timing. Giving a look to Kendall that clearly read 'sorry dude' and Kendall just smiled and waved it off. Logan's stomach growled at the mention of any food, and he wondered how long it had been since he had eaten and actually been able to keep it down long enough to enjoy it. Unfortunately, his thoughts were broken as the nurse came in quickly behind Carlos and James, obviously having seen them come in from her spot at the desk.
"Sorry boys, but he isn't allowed to have solid foods until tomorrow morning. If he were to try and eat anything solid now, it'd come right back up because of the anesthesia." And with that she left as quickly as she had come. The crusher of dreams Carlos had called her after that, after seeing the almost defeated look Logan gave them, and with a shrug lay back on his pillow, not realizing until now just how tired he was feeling.
"All right guys, we better let Logie get some sleep," Kendall said as he began to stand only to be stopped by the small tug on his sleeve. Logan's fingers had little feeling in them, and it was hard for him to even hold onto him, let alone stop him from moving. He was just glad Kendall had noticed and sat back down, looking at him worriedly.
"What's wrong Logan? You ok?" Kendall looked him over, before looking over to the monitors, though he wasn't sure what they were saying, he figured if something was wrong he would have heard something beeping, or some warning sound going off right?
"I'm ok, I just wanted to talk to you really quick." Giving a small apologetic smile towards James and Carlos. Thankfully they got the hint and said they'd wait for Kendall out in the lobby, as the nurses were gonna start kicking them out soon anyway. They both said their individual goodbyes to Logan, giving him a quick hug, and wishing him well, before soon the only two in the room were Kendall and him. "My throat is really sore, can you come here so I can whisper it?" Logan cringed, and croaked, as he gave another small tug on Kendall's sleeve. Kendall smiled and nodded, leaning over Logan a bit, being mindful not to lean on him, as he doubted that would feel good after surgery, and turned his head a bit, to put his hear towards Logan.
It took Kendall longer than he thought it would to actually speak, but he heard Logan's intake of breath, but wasn't met with words like he thought he would be. Instead he was met with Logan's lips, soft as he imagined they were, against his cheek. Logan then began to speak quickly, and his voice seemed fine, the trickster, as Kendall leaned back a bit to look down at him.
"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have done that, can we just pretend that it was because of the anesthe…" Logan was cut off by lips pressed to his, and he could feel the smile Kendall was giving him through the kiss, as Kendall rested his hand against Logan's cheek when he pulled away. "You're not freaked out?" Logan asked, gulping heavily, and subconsciously licking his lips, hoping in some way to get a taste of Kendall.
"Logan, you have no idea how long I've wanted to do that." Kendall smiled, rubbing his thumb along Logan's cheek, and then sliding his hand back up to his hair, watching as Logan almost instantly leaned into the touch.
"I would have kissed you… better," Logan began, with a small smile and blush. "But I figured since I've been sick, and haven't been able to brush my teeth, and my mouth feels like plastic, well." Logan trailed off with a small shrug, looking up to Kendall with a sheepish smile.
"I'll bring your toothbrush to you tomorrow." Kendall smiled, kissing Logan's cheek, seemingly not able to keep his lips off the other boys adorable face. "Along with some Pj pants, and some of your other stuff, ok?" Logan nodded, as happy as he was, he couldn't help it as his eyes were closing of their own accord. "Get some sleep, we'll be back tomorrow Logie." Kendall smiled as he kissed Logan's forehead, still noticing it to be a bit warm from fever. Logan smiled at him, but said nothing, as he finally succumbed to sleep, and his fingers loosened and dropped from Kendall's shirt sleeve.
As he left the room, casting occasional glances over his shoulder to the sleeping Logan, he was met in the lobby by Carlos and James, who almost instantly started laughing, and patting him on the back.
"It's so obvious what just happened in there!" James teased, as he pinched Kendall's cheeks playfully. "You're so love struck it's almost sickening." Kendall swatted at James' hand as they headed outside the hospital glad that at least the worst part of this was over.
Woooh! This was supposed to be a one shot.. (all wrote in one sitting.. Damn) But ya know.. I may write more. I just gotta figure out where to go next J Hope you all enjoyed it, and stay tuned for more (hopefully)